South Carolina Baptist Convention Nominations Committee releases report

The Baptist Courier

Recommendations of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Nominations Committee must be approved by vote at the 2010 meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. If approved, terms begin Jan. 1, 2011. Rodney Hord, pastor at Juniper Bay Baptist Church, Conway, is chairman.

*Non-church employee

#Unexpired term

 

Executive Board

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

Broad River

Dwight Easler, Gaffney (Corinth)

Carolina

Bryan Fields, Myrtle Beach (Mt. Pisgah)

Charleston

Marshall Blalock, Charleston Charleston First)

Chesterfield

Mack Mullis, Monroe, N.C. (Liberty Hill)

Edisto

Stephen Y. Gantt, Lexington (Springfield First)

Florence

J. Howard Allen, Florence (South Florence)

Kershaw

* Emmie Zirkle, Lugoff (Trinity)

Lexington

Mike Turner, Lexington (Lexington First)

North Greenville

* Roy Wayne McJunkin, Greenville (Mountain Creek)

Term to expire Dec. 31, 2012

#* James Lewis (Jimmy) Batson Jr., Marietta (Marietta First) – replacing David Shirley

Palmetto

Larry Baldwin, Williamston (Hillcrest)

Piedmont

* Keith Powell, Easley (Brushy Creek)

Saluda

Term to expire Dec. 31, 2014

# Kirt Mitchell, Anderson (Varennes Heights) – replacing Joey Hawkins

Santee

* Celeste G. Dinkins, Sumter (Sumter First)

Southeast

* Doremi T. Gabella, Hemingway (Center)

Spartanburg County

Kent Smith, Moore (River Hills)

Waccamaw

John Wesley Sullivan, Conway (Good Hope)

Williamsburg County

Term to expire Dec. 31, 2013

# David Dinkins, Kingstree (Kingstree First) – replacing Luford Pope

 

WMU President

Gail Hodson, Gloverville (Mid-Valley)

BSU President

Tyler Estes, Mauldin (USC Upstate) 2010-2011

 

Anderson University

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

* Donald Harper, Salem (Utica)

* Edward Stewart, Columbia (Shandon)

Timothy Edmonds, Blackville (Double Pond)

* Mark Quarterman, Anderson (Rock Springs)

Benjamin Littlejohn, Greenville (Eastlan)

Term to expire Dec. 31, 2013

#* Phyllis Webster, Anderson (North Brook)

 

Baptist Foundation

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

Terry A. Hood, Rock Hill (Rock Hill First)

* Diane M. Murrell, Edgefield (Red Oak)

Sean Giovannetti, Boiling Springs (Boiling Springs First)

Term to expire Dec. 31, 2013

# William R. (Dickie) Cullum Jr., Dillon (Dillon First)

 

Charleston Southern University

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

* Bruce Coffin, Aiken (Millbrook)

* Gloria Thiem, Mt. Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant First)

Frankie Melton, Heath Springs (Heath Springs First)

* Harold Wall, Ridgeland (Ridgeland First)

Robert E. (Rob) Pierce, Latta (Latta First)

 

Connie Maxwell’s Children’s Home

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

Donald L. Padgett, Gaffney (Providence)

* Bunyan M. (B.M.) Cave, West Columbia (Red Bank)

J. Frank Thomas, Greenwood (Harris)

* Caroll Whitfield, Saluda (The Saluda)

S. Norman Rogers, Pinopolis (Wassamassaw)

 

North Greenville University

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

Joe F. Hayes Sr., Travelers Rest (Locust Hill)

* Rebecca (Becky) Freel, Dillon (Dillon First)

* Eugene Merritt, Easley (Mt. Moriah)

* Michael D. (Mike) Hamrick, Spartanburg (Oakdale)

David Kite, Chesnee (Cooley Springs)

 

South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

* Carl Tucker, Pageland (Pageland First)

Jimmie Harley, Taylors (Taylors First)

Tommy Truluck, Florence (Ebenezer)

* Melvin Lawson, Florence (South Side)

* Elizabeth T. Sullivan, Jefferson (Bethel)

 

The Baptist Courier

Terms to expire Dec. 31, 2015

Seth Buckley, Spartanburg (Spartanburg First)

* Lyla Curtis, Florence (Cornerstone)

Term to expire Dec. 31, 2012

# Ladell Humphries, Hartsville (North Hartsville)